County seeks demolition grant money for former Children's Home

7:41 AM,
Apr. 17, 2013

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County officials are applying for state grant money to help demolish the former Licking County Children's Home on East Main Street.

Commissioners' Clerk Beverly Adzic said she has spoken with Newark grant writer Barbara Gilkes about using Moving Ohio Forward grant money from the Ohio Attorney General's Office to cover half of the proposed demolition costs.

The state money came from a national mortgage settlement Ohio AG Mike DeWine's office helped negotiate that netted Ohio almost $300 million. DeWine funneled $75 million to communities for demolition grants statewide. Newark used ...